American Handgunner Jul/Aug 1981 - Jeffersonian

good clean IV2 pounds and still provide a
safe functional pistol.
ThompsonI Center
Polish all the moving parts to assure
consistent hammer fall. To set the trigger
pull, stone the trigger notch and mating
striker, then trim the trigger return spring
until a two (2) pound trigger pull is
achieved. Trimming the trigger return
spring is a cut and try proposition, this
operation should be approached slowly.
Grind off a small amount of spring and
then assemble the trigger mechanism and
check the pull. This procedure is repeated
until the desired trigger pull is reached.
John cautions that the grinding be done in
easy stages, as the spring is easily ruined.
After the trigger pull has been set at the
desired poundage, use the Allen wrench
provided by T/ C and set the striker
engagement and trigger over-travel. Put a
drop oflock tite on the striker engagement
adjusting screw to keep it from backing out
during firing.
High Standard
John says that most High Standard
pistols come from th~ factory ready to go.
However, after a bit of shooting some of
them develop trigger creep. This creep is
removed by stoning the hammer notch
and sear. Extreme care must be taken
while stoning these parts or the result will
be a pistol which chain fires. A very embarrassing
situation.
John uses Break Free Oil for all his
lubrication needs and he recommends it
very highly, especially for the Semi-Autos.
John's charge for a tune-up on an undamaged
gun is a mere $12.50, not a very
big expenditure for the improved performance.
Remember, pistol malfunctions and
faulty ammo shall not be cause for an alibi
or the allowance of extra firing ~
time. ~
INDUSTRY INSIDER
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owner with a size complex may find this
$75 extender a useful therapy. It's made by
Mack Gwinn, designer of the Bushmaster
.223 pistol.
American handgunners can look forward
to heavy anti-gun ~ressuresin the
near future, in spite ofthe pro-gug attitude
of th,e new President and many of the new
federal legislators. This pressure will come
from the media. TV is full ofstories about
the crime problems of the entire country,
and most especially trouble spots like Los
Angeles and Miami, and all of a sudden,
the media has discovered that citizens are
arming themselves. Picture stories of citizen
groups getting handgun training are
mixed with survivalists who are into heavy
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armament and ethnic groups who are fearful
of racist attacks.
A reporter from ABC's 20120 program
told us that he could not get information
on where one could learn to handle a gun
from any of the large metropolitan police
departments. Perhaps the time has come
when those ofus who are members and officers
of gun clubs should make a
concerted effort to introduce ourselves and
our shooting programs to local
law enforcement officers.
.44 MAG LOADS
(Continuedfrom page 47)
cantly higher velocities, a cartridge/
handgun duo must also be made to handle
considerably higher chamber pressures,
and that's where the .44 Magnum is
different. Whereas the old .44 Russian and
.44 Special were made to take pressures no
greater than 15,000 c.u.p., the .44 Magnum
was built to take a full 40,000 c.u.p. average
working pressure and an individual
maximum pressure of 43,500 c.u.p. That,
ofcourse, is virtually a rifle pressure. Thus,
the .44 Magnum isn't really an example of
brilliant designing; technicians merely utilized
modern metallurgy to build a huskier
revolver and a sturdier case.
Understanding the impact of this intense
pressure level is the most important
element in a sensible approach to reloading
the .44 Magnum. Continuous use of
maximum pressure reloads will loosen
handguns muy pronto. Silhouette shooters
discovered that a thousand maximum
charges will loosen the big S&W M29, and
some ofthe economy priced single-actions
will rattle apart under the strain ofjust a
few hundred maximum loads, homebrew
or factory fodder. High pressures and
heavy recoil take their toll regardless of
gun frame strength and cylinder bulk, and
a handloader can't get giddy about souped
up reloads without considering the consequences
in the form of shortened gun life
and expensive repairs.
To date, silhouette shooters have found
the Ruger single-action and the T / C
Contender to be the toughest .44 Magnums.
The Ruger generally outlasts the
S&W M29 with full-throttle loads. And the
Contender is, in reality, able to take riflelike
pressures for an extremely long life,
thanks to a sizeable locking lug.
Despite the threat to gun life, any comprehensive
approach to reloading for the
.44 Magnum must begin with maximum
loads, for its high energies at that level are
what sets it apart from the other revolver
rounds, hence, it is where we'll start to get
specific.
The .44 Magnum uses the same shell
holder as the .44 Special. In fact, most
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